Molder&#39;s flask.



H. G. VOGHT.

MOLDER'S FLASK.

I APPLICATION FILED APR, 17, 1909. 981,723. Patented Jan.17,1911.

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H. G. VOIGHT.

' MOLDERS FLASK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1909.

981,723. Patented Jan. 17,1911.

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fa V/@HT H. G. VOIGHT.

MOLDERS FLASK.

APPLICATION ULEB APR.17,1909.

Patented J an. 17, 1911 6 SHEETS-SHEET 3 :nmlllo @9L-kwam c3 H. G. VOIGHT. MOLDERS PLASK. APPLIQATION FILED APR.17,1909.

Patented J an. 17, 1911.

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Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

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of one corner narran ssrariis *earner MGLDERS FLASK.

Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed April 1?', 1909.

serial no. eases following is a ulLclear, and exact descrip-` tion.

My invention relatesI to improvements in melders flasks of the cope and nc-Wel i. type, and more pai cicularly to snap Haslzs 7, socalled. These devices comprise two cempanion upper and lower sections termed respectively the cope 77and the nowel 7. l'Vith these sections top and bottom boards are uscd, hutsince these boards constitute no part ot this invention, they need not be shown or described. y

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, exceedingly durable and effective construe-thm, aiming at economy of manufacture and .maximum scrviceability. The constriuztion also has the advantage of lightness, strength and comparative inexpensiveness.

.lu the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of one section (in this instance the cope of a snap laslr (partly broken away)- and constructed to embody my invention in a preferred form. Fig. 2 is a relatively enlarged detail View of a guide-pin and socket for the cope and no\vel. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of Fig. .2. Figs. 4, 5 and (3 are respectively sectional views of the same parts showing three dillerent positions of adjustment. Figs. 7. 8 and f) are respectively side elevations of the parts shown in Figs. 4., 5 and G, said parts being separated and broken away at the center. Fig. 10 is a vperspective view of one section oi the .flask illustrating details of construction and a slightly modified method or" connecting the corneiconnections as compared with that illustrated in Fig. l. Fig. ll is a View of the under side of the part shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is a detailed View of a modified construction. Fig. 13 is a detailed View of one corner of the flask showing` a hinge connection.

Figa 14 is aview ofthe diagonally opposite corner of the flask from that shown in Fig. 13. Fig. 14a is a detail of a side and edge reinforcement. Fig. l5 is a modified View of a corner construction. Fig-rs. 1G, 17 and 1S are detailed views of various inediied edge and c rner reinforcements.

'sheet lor wrought metal, and

the drawings l have shown the Wai .Since the cope and i norvel sections o the flask correspond 'substantially in construeM tion, detail description of one section is suincient for a full understanding of my invention.

One of these sections carries socket. and the other a eoactmg guidepin whereby in use said cope and nerve-l may he .held

together in proper operative relation.

Both sections ot the 'flash are made i'roin each section preferably comprises a plurality o overl ping plates constituting the side Walls. i

composed of three plates, tos/it, an u per plate .1., a lower plate :2, an ini mediate plete 8 (see Figs. t te il). plates are correspondingly grooved cer rugated longitudinally on their shutting surfaces, so that said corrugations will reggN- ister or interlock one 'with another when the parts are placed toegther. By means oit these corresponding corrugations, the manufacturer may malte each of these three pe ts of standard size, and by giving a proper pitch or spacing to the grooves or corrugations, may assemble the saine so as to provide (with one standard set of plates) a tlasli section or" several different sizes. For example, as shovvn'in Fig. si, the minimum size or depth is provided. ln this figure, it will bel observed that the two edges of the parts 1 2 practically abut. ln lig.-

they are spaced apart the -Width of one corragm tion7 increasing the depth of said tlaslf section to a corresponding extent. la o the two edges of the parts are spacer apart the width ot' two corrugations.; :tun nishing tiaslr section of correspondir gly greater depth. It should not he that these variations in size are accenplished by the user (the melder) but they are rather an important and valuable ein pedient of the manufacturer, who. in inail ing' said liasks, may, by the adoption of this starulard arrangement of parts, readily prrr duce flashs of different dimensions. These sections l, Z and 3 are secured together at the corners, 1which corners may he and preterahly are suitably mitered, and around Wliielr corners reinforcements 6E are secured., these ycorner reinforcements being suitably shaped to close. the corners ol each tlasir. section to prevent leakage.

Fi-5 are top and bottoni plates7 which are secured respectively to top flange la o* each part l and the flange et each part 4use and wear -andA tear. .indicated at 10 and' is str uoa:

All the parts may be secured together by any suitable astenings,such 'as rivets 6-6. Each flask section is preferably divided at two opposite corners, one line of division being indicated at 7, Fig. 1. 8-9 are interlocking devices ,provided for' the divided corners, in this particular .instance the interlocking device 8 being in the form of, 'a

hook rigidly secured to one side 'of 'the flask.' While 9 represents a manually opsection, erable hook pivotally connected at 9a to the adjacent side of the ilask section, said hooks 8 and 9 cooperating to interlock and hold the two sections ot the flash in proper. op# 'erative relation for use.

reinforcements will be, of course, provided- Suitable bearing to support the hooks 8 and 9,.,theseI being rigidly secured to the sections .of-the desir which respectively carries said parts.' It

may be assumed that-.the fiasl: section shown in Fig. 1 is the cope, lewin the usual practice, a guidepin is provided on thispart. The guidepih is of novel construction in that it, like 'the preceding parts, may be formed of sheet metal of a proper gage to withstand the. strain ei "up from ."wrought metal in such a mannerV that its rear side appears as channeled, each. side edge of each guidepin beine turned haelt, as at 103,'and cut along 'its edge to conform lto the corrugated 'vlhe corrugatins of the baelnplate 11 pretu erably correspond to the corrugations in the side wall of the nowel section, so as to per mit said part to be el'ectively secured thereto. In the preferred construction, the backplate'll of the guide-pin is provided at its front side with reinforcements 12-12, each of which are slotted at 12, said slots passing through the back-plate to receive an attachingscrew bolt 14, which passesv through a suitable opening or perforation inthe side,

wall of the cope Where said guide-pin is to be secured,l By providing a slotted bolt passage `for each guide-pin fastening bolt,

the guide-pin 10l may be readily adjusted up orfdow'r The guide-pin eonstruction'is 3,'in which it will be seen the rear edge of the portion Vl()EL with integral rivet extensions lOL-lO vwhich are passed through perorations inl the back-plate 11 and are upset or riveted over tov rigidly and permanently secure the pin 10 to the. back-plate' 11. The top ofthe guide-pin may be closed in b a plate 15 secured by integral rivets 1()c "ormed at the up er edge of the part-s 10.

he nowel section, which, as already. ein plained, may corresponi'l to the cope section already described, is provided with a suitand to that end, iol.

vrnitered, but arel squared oil This "guidepin ineke a permanent rigid Lure will serve iereiyto "illustrate that I walls of a back-plate 11".;

of each guide-pin is provided4 able socket to receive the guide-pin 10.4 The socket lconstruction is best seen in Figs. 2- and 3, and may comprise an angular struckup wrought metal portion lchanneled at its back to embracethe guide-pin 10, and havingturned-back rear edgeslL1 secured by integral extensions 16h to a bacloplate 17, corl responding in funetionto the back-plate 11 of the gnide-pin- This backplate may have reinforcements plate and the socket proper 16 may besecured to the ncvvel section. 16 is a friction Spring, which mayk be struck in from the 'side of thesocket 16 to rictionally press against the guide-pin 10 snugly in rictional contact.

when contained therein, to' hold said parts in Fig. 10, I have shown a slightly modil tied' form oicorne'r reinforcement. vIn this 1 8-18 perforated or-slotted and designed to receive screw bolts orother equivalent fastenings 19, vwhereby said back.

view, it'vfill be seen that the'ends of the sideV pieces y while the cornerreinorcementG is corrlzl'lgated through out, said cgrrugations corresponding with the'- corrugations v'in Athe sideI sections .AL-B to register" and interlock with ,the same.

Aie-B of the Hash sectional-e not;n 1 l vfifhese partsC are rivetedthereto so as, to

structure. This figcomprehend 'that verrous' modifications may be' made inthe construction Without departl ing' from the spirit and scope of theinven- I tion, said i are illustrating only one of the many modi leations that' may be adopted.

in manufacture, it will be seen thatmany 'economies are attained, since by the producarts the manufaction et sets of standard tui-er' may, without additional cost, produce 'a line of flasks of varying sizes and yet of' r comparatively the same minimulnweight.

By the employment et' corrugated metal two advantageous ends are attained, to wit, great stren th at a minimum of Weight and expense, 'and a capacity for original adjust ment to various standard sizes. p

lnulse, 'the advantage of'lightness and great strength and durability are conspicuous. A rain, in use the corrugated wallsiof Apacked in in such'a in the cor'rugations, holdin r it infplace than in plain must Aadhere rather thaninterlock. Again,

manner asl to interlock in use, the danger of injury to the 4flask by coming in contact with molten metal is 'elimi.

nated. Again, the structure is so. rigid and Atirr'ntliat the danger ofvvarpin 1s avoided.

inasmuch as devices of this kind. are sub-k jected to the most severe uses,'bemg flung about the foundry, rcslstance-,toin]ury vfrom this cause is another advantage strikingly' characteristic of tibo construction desired.

thereby more firmlyv the case of a t sidedwvall against which'thesand 1'115 the tias sections permit theV sand to be- 5o far as the use of the terms cope and l of very great importance. lt should be un- "nowel77 arc employed in the specification! derstood, of course, that a suitable latch or claims, it should be understood that said I mechanism arranged externally of the flask terms are used interchangeably, for AI ap- 1s also provided (though not seen 1.1i I* ig. preciate that to a very substantial extent the l 11) tolock the parts together ready for use. 7o advantages of my invention might be ob- In Iig. 14 I have shown a side and edge tained if either one of said sections werel reinforcement. ln this ligure (52 represents constructed in accordance with my invention l one side of the i'lask with the horizontally and the other section constructed in a difl flanged edges (32P-(33. These edges are suitferent manner. Hence, in order to securel ably connected by a brace (34, having' feet 75 adequate protection, it should be understood l G-65 secured by rivets (3u- 6G to the llanged that from the standpoint of construction, edges G3 of the side (32. These members are which the plates o() reinforce the upclaim which refers to the construction of l arranged 0n the side upon which the Il anges the cope is intended t0 Cover and .domi- (i3 are oriiitd alltl aire O great lrtlllty ln the nate similar construction employed in the ltlllge SIZ@ HlSL-S 111 that they SCU/C10 80 mmol, strengthen the edges and support t-lie inter- In the foregoing respect-s a detailed del mflllt. SlClQS 1 scription of my invention as dislosed herein l In Flg. 15, G7- (57 represent the sides of Wi 11 bo found in my formel application, 5e-

the flask having cori'espoi'iding integrally rial ajo. 468,854, and to the extent that this flanged wl'ner ,extensions G8, one: 0f Whlch 85 ease may contain claims predicated upon onlyis'seen in Figl. These internal flanged what is also disclosed in my companion ap- IIXUDSIODS are arliallged at he cornerst (lf tie filcatoii the aresent case ma be considered asf an( may )e secure y connec e y a divigion l y means lof rivets or other suitable fastenings 1 Fig 12 I havo Shown L modification in (if). It desired, an abbreviated edge and 90 corner reinforcing plate 70 may be added at each corner, which corner reinforcement may be extended to semi-rectangular or full rectangular form, the semi-i'ectangular forni being proiided where the flask is divisible, as in Fig. l; the full rectangular form being employed where the flask is rigid.

In Fig. 1G, I have shown two sides 7]#71 integrally connected at the corner, said sides being preferably provided with suitjo pin/oo by moans of pivots 53, l able horizontally arranged stifl'ening corrun pig L3 I ha, Shown a hinge 5g which gaticns to prevent expansion when the sand serves to Connect the two Sides 555-55 0f the I 1S OICCCl 111130 the lal. Ill tlilS View I llave l per and lower edge of the side 5l of the llask. This side 5l iriay be made integrally as shown in Fig.y 12 or sectionally as shown iii Figs. to (i. The plates .G0-50 instead of being placed horizontally in this case are placed xf'ertically and the extreme edges of' the sides 51 may be rolled over as shown at 52 for the purpose of giving added strength.

i`lie reinforcing strips 50 may be secured l l l l l i l l l liask at the corner opposite to the corner shown reinforcing wires 7272 at each edge,

mush-tod in ho foreground of Fig 1 In said reinforcements being inclosed within a 105 this instance, it will be observed that the rollof the material forming the sides 71T71.'

In Fig. 17, have shown the sid-es 73`73 connected at the corners, as shown in Fig. 16,

and instead of providing reinforcing wires or rods at each edge, I have provided flatedges of each side are rolled back to form an integral reinforcing plate 5G at each edge, correspondnig in function to the plate o shown in FiO'. l. The hiiiOe leaves 54a are gations of the adjacent plates 55 to increase give great strength and rigidity to the edges the efficiency of the connection between the of the flask and which coperate with the l .I-fombly Corrugated to t into the Col-ru- /l tened integral,reinforcements 74-74, which parts 54 and 55. corrugations when present to prevent ex- In Fig. 14, I have illustrated that corner i plDSlOIi.

of the flask wherein the division occurs when i In F 1Q. 1S, I have shown a construction inv the iask is to be opened and I have shown I 501110 reSpLCtS Sllnllar t0 Iig. l2. InFig. 18,

an improved corner reinforcement and clo- 75-75 represent the sides which are not sure which when the flask is closed serves to l integrally united, as shown in Fig. 17, but stiifen the parts and also to prevent leakage which are provided with a curved corner of sand. In this figure, 5:5 55 are the sides vpiece struck up from wrought metal and of the flask. 438-59 are two corner interindicated at 7G. This corner piece is secured t locking members, the former having grooves by means ofrivets 77 to the sides 7 5-75.

G0 or equivalent means for receiving tenons l From the foregoing, it will be seen -hat Gjt-6l carried by the reinforce 5f). These l in many respects my improved flask con- 12.5 parts serve to interlock the corner of the l struction furnishes a light, yet strong and flask diagonally opposite to the hinge condurable, and comparativelyinexpensive arti- ,nection 54 to prevent vertical displacement, cle which possesses all and more advantages said parts also cooperating `to prevent leakthan will be found in any of the wood or age of sand at that point, which is a matter cast-iron flasks now generally employed,said

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flask being vastly cheaticr and more durable than the former and being cheaper and more resistant to hard and severe usage than the latter'. This flask may be constructed Witho'ut sacrifice of strength so as to be considerably lighter than either of the forms heretofore referredv to and which are well known. It should be understood that the various forms of edge reinforcements and details of construction may be employed with the flask Where the sides are formed of one piece or o the builtaip construction, shown in Figs. 1 to 12. Also where the flask is of the snap l flask type or the rigid type. So also in a snap flask, the construction of each section. may involve two integrally connected sides or two sides connected rigidly at their respective corners vby such means as illustrated in Fig. 18. I

It should be understood that a shield member corresponding generally to the shield member 59 kmay be employed at the hinged cerner of the flask to prevent the escape of sand.

that I claim is:

l. In a flask, wrought metal side members,y reinforcing means for the edges of said side members, a cross brace extending from one reinforced edge of said flask to the other reinforced edge thereof.

2. In a snap flask, a flask memberLtvgo. angular wrought metal sections each section forming one half of said flaskunember, a hinge connection for one end of each section operating to form one corner of the flask, a mechanical connection for the opposite end of each section operating with the hinge to connect the two sections of the flask, with means to reinforce said corner against vertical displacement of either side relatively to the other. l v 3. vIn a snap tlask of rectangular form, lI two separable lsections divided diagonally, a t hinge operatively connecting both sections ll at one corner, interlocking means at the opposite corner and a shield member at the corner diagonally opposite to the hinge arranged to prevent the escape of sandsaid shield member having a shoulder arranged to interlock with the opposite partvvhen the flask is closed. l

4;. In a snap flask of rectanfular form,

two separable sections divideddiagonally, av hinge operatively connecting both sections means at the opd member. at the at one corner, interlockin posite corner corner diagonally ranged to prevent shield member being flask saidshield member having a shoulder arranged to interlock with the opposite part when the flask is closed.

5. In a snap flask two separable sections divided diagonally, a hinge operatively connecting both sections at one corner, interlocking means atvthe oposite corner, a shield member at the corner diagonally opposite to the hinge arranged to prevent the escape of sand, said shield member being arranged inside of the flask,

and a shie the escape of sand, sald arranged inside of the' opposite to the hinge arof rectangular form,y

said shield member coperating with the interlocking device to prevent the longitudinal displacement of either side of the separable corner.

6. In' a molders flask of the co'pe and nowel type, one section thereof being -ormed in Wrought metal comprising a plurality o sides arranged at an angle relatively to each other, means for connecting said sides at one or more corners of said section, longitudinally arranged corrugations in one or more l of the sides, and having separate strengthening means attached to the upper and lower edge of each side, said flask sect1on being divided at two points, a hinge at one point of division, and interlocking means at the other point of division.

HENRY G. VOIGHT.

Witnesses: l

R. C. MITCHELL, 'LILLIAN S. JAMES. 

